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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.659,Lat: 49.7316
Elevation	315 meter above sea level
Local time	5:46:02am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Darmstadt-Dieburg
Name	Seeheim-Jugenheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Seeheim-Jugenheim:Stettbach	2.2 km	NorthEast
2 Bensheim:Hochstädten	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Alsbach-Hähnlein:Alsbach	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Lautertal (Odenwald):Reichenbach	3.2 km	SouthEast
5 Lautertal (Odenwald):Beedenkirchen	3.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	184 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	295 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	322 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 361 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Eicher See (0.5 km² at a distance of 14.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 89.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 126 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 32%, hill: 68%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 35 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.5 km2

41.3%

Agriculture

32.4 km2

41.2%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.7%

Urban area

12.4 km2

15.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balkhausen in country Germany

Balkhausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	11 km	SouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	16 km	North
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	22 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kniebrecht,Melibocus u.Orbishöhe b.Seeheim-Jugenh.,Alsb.u.Zwing.	DE	1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zwingenberg

Type of weather in Zwingenberg	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam